Senate
Study
Bill
1164
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SEGEBART)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
performance
of
educational
services
by
1
licensed
dental
hygienists.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
153.15,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
153.15
Dental
hygienists
——
scope
of
term.
3
1.
A
licensed
dental
hygienist
may
perform
those
services
4
which
are
educational,
therapeutic,
and
preventive
in
nature
5
which
attain
or
maintain
optimal
oral
health
as
determined
by
6
the
board
and
may
include
but
are
not
necessarily
limited
to
7
complete
oral
prophylaxis,
application
of
preventive
agents
8
to
oral
structures,
exposure
and
processing
of
radiographs,
9
administration
of
medicaments
prescribed
by
a
licensed
10
dentist,
obtaining
and
preparing
nonsurgical,
clinical
and
11
oral
diagnostic
tests
for
interpretation
by
the
dentist,
and
12
preparation
of
preliminary
written
records
of
oral
conditions
13
for
interpretation
by
the
dentist.
Such
services
,
except
14
educational
services,
shall
be
performed
under
supervision
of
a
15
licensed
dentist
and
in
a
dental
office,
a
public
or
private
16
school,
public
health
agencies,
hospitals,
and
the
armed
17
forces,
but
nothing
herein
shall
be
construed
to
authorize
a
18
dental
hygienist
to
practice
dentistry.
19
2.
As
used
in
this
section,
“educational
services”
shall
be
20
limited
to
the
following
activities:
21
a.
Assessing
the
need
for,
planning,
implementing,
and
22
evaluating
oral
health
education
programs
for
individual
23
patients
and
community
groups.
24
b.
Conducting
workshops
and
in-service
training
sessions
25
on
dental
health
for
nurses,
school
personnel,
institutional
26
staff,
community
groups,
and
other
agencies
providing
27
consultation.
28
c.
Technical
assistance
for
promotional,
preventive,
and
29
other
services
identified
by
the
board.
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EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
excepts
educational
services
from
the
services
34
a
licensed
dental
hygienist
is
required
to
provide
under
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supervision
of
a
licensed
dentist.
The
bill
provides
the
1
specific
activities
that
qualify
as
“educational
services”.
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